$100k a year, no longer in Nashville
changea dispatch from
salt lake city
UT
40.76°N
111.89°W
Salt Lake City sits in a bowl of mountains so close you can be at a ski lift in 30 minutes. The grid is laid out from Temple Square in clean numbered streets that make navigation almost too easy. The Great Salt Lake glints west, the Wasatch towers east, and the city itself has loosened up into a real food and bar scene in the last decade. The powder really is that light.
in our guides
the verdict
the monthly cost of moving past Nashville
Salt Lake City costs more than Nashville, and you'll feel it. The upside has to come from somewhere other than your budget.
a quick ledger.
$1,608/mo
10% cheaper than Nashville(vs $1,790/mo)
4.65%
$388/mo more in state tax than Nashville
vs 0% in Nashville
$6,338/mo
$205 less than Nashville
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$584k
27% more expensive than Nashville
vs $461k in Nashville
1.3M
vs 2.1M in Nashville
field notes, weather & such.
168
pleasant days a year, in salt lake city.
Nashville gets 173 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. A real winter, not a brutal one: 33 days under 20°, vs 8 in Nashville.
But the calendar thins out: Nashville stays 4.6× busier.
78/100
39% higher than Nashville
vs 56/100 in Nashville
Closest outdoor draw: Antelope Island State Park, 22 mi.
80/100
17% lower than Nashville
vs 96/100 in Nashville
90
91% more than Nashville
vs 47 nonstops in Nashville
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